List of measurement units

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This is a list of measurement units used throughout galactic history in science, mathematics, and other studies.

Contents 1 Distance 2 Temperature 3 Time 4 Mass 5 Speed 6 Acceleration 7 Pressure 8 Rotation 9 Percentage 10 UV Index 11 Volume 12 Gravity 13 Military rating 14 Artillery rankings 15 Shield strength 16 Hull rating 17 Energy 18 Frequency 19 Propulsion 20 Musical units 21 Behind the scenes 22 Sources 23 Notes and references

[edit] Distance

• 1 nanometer^[1]
• 1 millimeter (mm)
• 1 centimeter^[2][1]
• 1 meter (m) or Imperial standard meter^[1]
• 1 foot (plural "feet")
• 1 inch
• 1 Trogan meter=25% larger than Imperial standard meter^[1]
• 1 phon
• 1 kuba=about 2 m
• 1 kilometer (km)=1,000 meters
• 1 klik=1,000 meters^[3]
• 1 khelter=1 km
• 1 mile=1.6 km
• 1 visvia=1.6 km
• 1 salt pan=1.2 km
• 1 light year=9.5×10¹⁵ meters
• 1 parsec=31×10¹⁵ meters=3.26 light years

[edit] Temperature

• 1 degree standard^[4], equivalent to centigrade or °C=whereas 0 is the freezing point of water and 100 is its boiling point.
• Celsius^[5]

[edit] Time

• 1 nanosecond^[6]
• 1 microsecond^[1]
• 1 second
• 1 Imperial minute
• 1 minute=60 seconds
• 1 hour=60 minutes
• 1 day=24 hours^[7]
• 1 standard week=5 days
• 1 standard month (10-month calendar)=7 weeks
• 1 standard year ≈ 368 days^[7]
• 1 decade^[8]
• 1 standard century=100 standard years
• 1 millennium^[9]
• 1 ket
• 1 klekket=2 standard months
• 1 grimnal
• 1 progression=1 year

[edit] Mass

• 1 milligram^[10]
• 1 gram
• 1 kilogram
• 1 (metric) ton=1,000 kilograms
• 1 Coruscant Standard Carat

[edit] Speed

• 1 kilometer per hour (km/h)

[edit] Acceleration

• 1 MGLT
• 1 g-force (G or Gee)

[edit] Pressure

• 1 sangen^[11]
• 1 millibar^[12][13]

[edit] Rotation

• 1 degree=1/360th of a full circle

[edit] Percentage

• 100 percent^[14]

[edit] UV Index

• Reaches to a peak of 44.9^[15]

[edit] Volume

• 1 pint^[16]
• 1 gallon^[17]
• 1 cubic meter (m³)^[18]
• 1 cubic kilometer (km³)^[19]

[edit] Gravity

• 1 g-force^[20]
• Also g force^[21], 1G^[22], or 1 g^[14]

[edit] Military rating

• Class Two^[23]
• Megatome^[24]

[edit] Artillery rankings

• Df
• FD number
• v-

[edit] Shield strength

• 1 SBD
• 1 watt (shield dissipation)

[edit] Hull rating

• 1 RU

[edit] Energy

• 1 joule^[18]
• 1 megajoule=1,000,000 joules^[18][1]
• 1 gigaton=1,000,000,000 tons of TNT^[18]
• 1 watt (W)^[18][1]
• 1 gigawatt^[1]
• 1 Energy Unit, approximately the energy required to power a single shot from a standard blaster^[25]
• 1 Power Unit, possibly equal or close to an Energy Unit^[25]

[edit] Frequency

• 1 microhertz^[1]

[edit] Propulsion

• 1 KTU^[26]

[edit] Musical units

• Key, as in "Key of Cresh"^[27]
• Octave^[23]

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[edit] Behind the scenes

The metric system is the primary form of measurement. However temperature units would not be named Celsius, Kelvin, or Fahrenheit, since they were named for men from Earth, but rather by centigrade or the more benign "standard" developed in the online Visual Guides. It is also interesting to note that the units of watt and joule are used for energy, though their names are derived from men from Earth as well.

The metric system also applies to quantities as well, beyond the standard SI prefix. See Large Numbers for more details.

[edit] Sources

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• HoloNet News (weather)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
• Pirates & Privateers
•  Visual Guide Chapter 6: Lost in the Desert, Image 2 on StarWars.com (backup link on Archive.org)

[edit] Notes and references